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The Government needs to show restraint in the Budget to keep the economy and public finances on track, its fiscal watchdog has warned. The Fiscal Advisory Counc...

The Government needs to show restraint in the Budget to keep the economy and public finances on track, its fiscal watchdog has warned. The Fiscal Advisory Counc...

Corporate social welfare has been part of the policy environment since covid, and it will be hard to put that particular genie back into the bottle

Budget 2025 should be about setting out a vision for the next five years, rather than providing a sugar rush for five months 

With spending promises already flooding in, expect another bazooka budget this year as the Coalition gears up for a general election

The commitment to put €6bn a year into long-term savings funds will knock a serious hole in headline general Government surplus

Student accommodation and immigration policy to top Cabinet agenda

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Budgetary surplus of almost €38bn over the next four years, according to Stability Programme Update

Firing gun on budgetary process will also be started with economic update from Minister for Finance Michael McGrath